METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A SCALAR INTEGER INTO A PARAMETER REPRESENTATIVE OF A PIVOT POINTS OF A PIECE-WISE LINEAR FUNCTION

摘要

A method for encoding and decoding, a scalar integer into at least one parameter representative of a pivot point comprised in a set of pivot points representative of a piece-wise linear function, said scalar integer being used when modifying pixel values of a picture, and corresponding apparatus, are disclosed. Said encoding method comprises:—a step E1 of selecting a subset of pivot points from the set of pivot points, according to a criterion, said subset comprising a number M of pivot points less than the number N of pivot points of said set of pivot points, —at least one step of coding E2 one bit of a binary representation of said scalar integer in a least significant bit of a component of a pivot point comprised into said subset.